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LENIN MISCELLANY.

1) Jouhaux — Secretary of the General Confederation of Labor* uniting the trade unions (syndicates) in France, a social-patriot.

2) Raffin-Dujardin — deputy, one of the French delegates at the Zimmerwaldskaya conference.

*) Renaudel — prominent member of the French United Socialist Party, an opportunist, a social-chauvinist.

4) For more details on the votes and resolutions indicated in the text, see below Vladimir Ilyich's article "Bourgeois Pacifism and Socialist Pacifism."

5) This is abominable!

6) Politiken — Central organ of the Swedish Social-Democratic Party.

7) Trier — member of the Danish Socialist Party, a revolutionary internationalist.

8) Lindhagen — Swedish left socialist; at one time mayor of Stockholm, subsequently a member of the Swedish Communist Party.

43.

Dear A. M.! We have just received the second government telegrams about the revolution of March 1(14) in Petrograd. A week of bloody battles of workers and Milyukov-plus-Guchkov-plus-Kerensky in power!! Following the "old" European pattern... Well! This "first stage of the first (born of war) revolution" will be neither the last nor only Russian. Of course, we shall remain against the defence of the fatherland, against the imperialist slaughter directed by Shingarev-plus-Kerensky and Co. All our slogans are the same. In the latest issue of "No. Social-Democrat" 1) we spoke directly of the possibility of a government of "Milyukov with Guchkov, if not Milyukov with Kerensky." It turned out to be both — and: all three together. Charming! Let us see how the Party of People's Freedom (it constitutes the majority in the new ministry, since Konovalov is even somewhat "more to the left," and Kerensky is directly to the left!) will give the people freedom, bread, peace... Let us see!

The main thing now is the press, the organization of workers in a revolutionary S.D. party. Chkheidze must now (he promised!) give money for the "defence of the fatherland." But Mr. Tsereteli, although he delivered extremely radical speeches during the revolution or on the eve of it (when even Yefremov spoke no less revolutionary-mindedly), of course, in no way deserves our confidence after all his "politics" with Potresov and Co., with Chkhenkeli, etc. It would be the greatest misfortune if the Kadets now promised a legal workers' party and if our people went in for "unity" with Tsereteli and Co.!!

A. Kollontai.
March 16, 1917.